“Broken Promises” is a series of articles looking at the election promises of councillors who were elected to Scarborough Borough Council in May 2019 and their actions as your Borough Council representatives since. Second on the list is Cllr Phil [...]
DBID: An Open Letter to Big Steve by NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.] – Leader – SBC IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Steve, I am sure you are aware that a great deal of correspondence crosses my desk, much [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Independent SBC Councillor Michelle DONOHUE-MONCRIEFF, reminding us of a fundamentally significant pronunciamento from SBC’s Legal Director, Mrs Lisa Dixon – the DBID decision must go back to Full Council. ~~~~~ Sir, It is clear [...]
Hats Off, John CASEY! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, giving credit where credit is due to John CASEY [Ind.], SBC elected member for Filey ward, who has evinced the “openness and transparency” to admit a serious error [...]
Given that the Scarborough Borough Council officers tasked with intercepting my emails are still gainfully employed, I’ll have to hope the information disseminated in this article reaches Cllr Smith on the grapevine and he decides to write a response to [...]
SBC: Slithering Sideways an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining a false Witness Statement and an apparently wrongful conviction. Just when you think they can sink no lower . . . they line up a scapegoat. ~~~~~ There [...]
“Hebo” & The Fizzwits an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD , offering clear evidence of former SBC Councillor (and Whitby Town Council co-optee) ‘Councillor’ John NOCK’s contempt for the people he ‘represents’. ~~~~~ Due to an unexpected but [...]
“A Boulder in their Waders” Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY, the long-serving former Scarborough Borough Councillor, updates readers on the mounting eruption of dissent against the Yorkshire Coast DBID. ~~~~~ Although the previous worse-than-useless, many say, Conservative Council administration has now [...]
SBC + CCTV = GDPR CHAOS an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, pointing out a fatal flaw in the Council’s CCTV coverage. ~~~~~ Hard on the heels of my recent exposure of the absurdities of the Scarborough Borough [...]
Anti-DBID Meeting in Whitby A number of Whitby business proprietors, under the banner “Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers Association”, have organised a meeting to discuss opposition to the Yorkshire Coast Business DBID, which seeks to impose a compulsory Levy on businesses [...]
